Men in Black began as a comic series before the 1997 film with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones turned its secret agents who police aliens on Earth into a pop culture staple. Will Smith also performed the hit title song, which helped the phrase stick far beyond the movie. Online, short clips of the name being sung or stretched out are reused for suit reveals, sunglasses moments and mock secret agent entrances, keeping the reference alive in edits and memes decades later.